What Would a Combined Microsoft-Yahoo Look Like? — Microsoft's $31 a share offer for Yahoo is made possible by Yahoo's slumping shares (Yahoo's stock was trading at about $31 a year ago). While Yahoo has rejected Microsoft's entreaties in the past, with Terry Semel stepping down as chairman …

Microsoft to Yahoo: Two Days to Respond Or Else! — Sources at Yahoo tell me that Microsoft made its most recent overtures right after Yahoo announced its earnings Tuesday and then told Yahoo execs they had two days to respond or Microsoft would go public with the offer.

You Had To See This Coming - MSFT To Buy YHOO — I was going to buy Yahoo! the other day. Mark and I were emailing. I was asking how much Yahoo!'s core search business was worth if it was given over to Google. He though maybe as much as $9/share. I looked into the value of Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba.

Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo — SAN FRANCISCO — In a bold move to counter Google's online pre-eminence, Microsoft said Friday that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix of cash and stock. — If consummated, the deal would redraw …

Microsoft Makes $45 Billion Bid To Buy Yahoo — Microsoft is to bid $31 per share to Yahoo's board of directors to purchase the company, a deal potentially worth $45 billion. Below, more details, some history and analysis. We'll also keep updating this story, and we'll have a separate post linked …

MSFT + YHOO: What Would Microsoft Yahoo Look Like? — So the conference call has happened, and despite saying it has a plan to digest Yahoo, Microsoft didn't share that with the world. Indeed, at one point it was said any plan depended on what Yahoo's leadership would suggest. That means it's time for What If.

URLs are People, Too — So you've just built a totally sweet new social app and you can't wait for people to start using it, but there's a problem: when people join they don't have any friends on your site. They're lonely, and the experience isn't good because they can't use the app with people they know.

New Playstation 3 this autumn? — Our man in the US has hunted down news of a size zero version of Sony's killer home hub. — Trawling the CES show last month, we happened across a rather juicy piece of gadget gossip. — According to a particularly well-informed insider …